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If a wedding anniversary cake is in order, it will have 75 candles.
Maple Crest Senior Living Village’s oldest married couple, Luther and Geneva Shetler, celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary on Dec. 22.
It was on Dec. 22, 1940, Luther, then 23, and Geneva, 21, were married at the Eighth Street Mennonite Church, Goshen, Ind.
They met at Goshen College when Luther was a junior and Geneva a freshman. Luther recalls that he was aware of a beautiful blond girl on campus, but that he had no reason to be connected with her group of friends.
Winners Announced in Bluffton Hospital’s First Race to Rudolph Walking Challenge
Bluffton Hospital’s first Race to Rudolph walking challenge held Nov. 2 through Dec. 18 was recently completed with 88 participants finishing their walking logs of 75 miles, the distance from Bluffton Hospital to Rudolph, Ohio and back.
Of those who completed their walking logs, the following were drawn as winners:
Grand Prize
Bluffton Family Recreation Center Family Membership and Fit Bit: Adrienne Wilson
The Bluffton Middle School has been diligently collecting non-perishable items for the Bluffton Food Pantry since the start of November, according to Robin Ault, teacher working with the students in this project.
Their collections ended on Dec. 16 with a total of 1,925 items. Each grade was given the goal of 500 items and each grade met and exceeded this goal.
8:37 P.M. SHANNON THEATRE, MAIN STREET - Harrison Ford wasn’t standing in line, but Leah was there. (Leah Conley, not Princess Leah.)
So was a force of fans awaiting the one-minute after midnight premier of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
The CNB time-temp read 37 degrees as people bundled and huddled up all the way from the Shannon Theatre to Common Grounds, patiently killing time until ticket sales start at 11:30 p.m.
